Largest Christian University in US Faces Record Fine After Federal Probe Into Alleged Deception
Grand Canyon University faces the largest fine of its kind ever issued by the U.S. Education Department.
Refugees Came to Noel for Opportunity. Tyson’s Plant Closure Leaves Their Futures Uncertain
For three decades, migrants have been drawn to Noel, Missouri, to work at the chicken processing site. Its abrupt closure may mean the days of tight-knit immigrant and refugee church communities there are over.
Why Black Women Like Yolanda Pierce Are Rising to Lead Top Theology Schools
The academy is raising up the voices it once blocked.
Residents of Maine Gather To Pray and Reflect, Days After a Mass Shooting Left 18 People Dead
Investigators are still searching for a motive for the massacre, but have increasingly been focused on Robert Card’s mental health history.
Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Statue Melted Down
‘It’s taking that culture of death and repurposing it for the sake of life, telling this very long story of resistance to that white supremacist culture,’ said the Rev. Isaac Collins, a Methodist minister who attended the melting.
Christian Nationalism in the Speaker’s Chair
This issue of A Public Witness introduces you to the 56th speaker of the House — the founding dean of a failed Baptist law school, an attorney for three firms devoted to advancing Christian Nationalism, a crusader for prayer in public schools, an evangelist proclaiming
Poll: More Religious Americans Support the Use of Political Violence
One-third of white evangelical Protestants support the idea, significantly more than any other religious group.
Support for Israel Becomes a Top Issue for Iowa Evangelicals Key to the First Republican Caucuses
Support for Israel has leapt to a top priority for evangelicals in the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses now less than three months away.
Mother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Now-Closed Christian Boarding School in Missouri
Former Agape students came forward with abuse allegations in 2020.
Documentary on Black Millennials Depicts Wide Range of Religion, Rebellion
‘We show the pluralistic nature of the African American religious experience,’ said creator Teddy Reeves, ‘from those who are of some formal faith tradition to those who are not.’